Offbeat Empire

08/20/2020

Most of you know that Offbeat Home is essentially retired at this point... but I bought the ol' girl out of dormancy for this post which feels sadly relevant these days with all the pandemic divorces going around:

offbeathome.com/surviving-divorce

Here's how surviving divorce taught me 9 lessons that are helping me survive through 2020.

06/29/2020

Hey guys! My new book, From Sh!tshow To Afterglow, publishes on July 21st. It's about how to rebound after loss, grief, and the other cruel crises life throws your way — it's sorta the anti-self-help book.

To encourage everyone to get their copies of Sh!tshow ordered now, my publisher is hosting a preorder sweepstakes, and I want one of you to win!

The Sh!tshow Survival Kit
I lovingly assembled this package, and I'm so excited about it.

Here's what's included in the Sh!tshow Survival Kit:

Luxe gold-embossed Moleskine journal
Great for self-reflection and doing all that brutal ego-dismantlement work!

Hand-stamped raw brass hoop earrings by Seattle jeweler Squirrel vs. Coyote
One earring is stamped with the word SH*TSHOW, and the other says AFTERGLOW. You can wear them both or go asymmetrical and rock just the one that shows where you're at in your process on that particular day!

Handcrafted AFTERGLOW meditation candle by Virginia candlemaker UNLAX
The hand-blended soy candle smells like a custom blend of sandalwood, amber, and nonduality!

3-month membership to The Afterglow
This is my new membership program with exclusive weekly mailers, and massive members-only archive filled with essays, audiobooks, guided meditations, deleted scenes from Sh!tshow, and more.

How to Enter
To be entered into the sweepstakes, fill out the form with your contact info and a preorder receipt number. The sweepstakes ends 7/20/20 at 11:59 pm ET.

ENTER TO WIN: http://bit.ly/afterglowsweeps

04/27/2020

Trying to make sure everyone who needs this, sees this:

I know better than anyone just how difficult these past couple months have been for the wedding industry. We're all in this sinking boat together, but I want to do what I can to support my beloved colleagues who've been a part of the Offbeat Bride Vendor Guide this past decade... I'm offering any we...

01/01/2020

The first thing you should know about the Offbeat Empire circa 2020 is that the name is even more of a humorous misnomer than it used to be: the Offbeat Empire is just me now...

The first thing you should know about the Offbeat Empire circa 2020 is that the name is even more of a humorous misnomer than it used to be: the company is just me now.

10/22/2019

COMING JUNE 2020: An irreverent guide to rebounding after loss, grief, and all the other cruel crises life throws our way

https://offbeatempire.com/sh*tshow

An irreverent guide to rebounding after loss, grief, and all the other cruel crises life throws our way Sometimes your foundation crumbles. Sometimes you realize there wasn’t a foundation to …

09/18/2019

HUMBLING AF

What’s it like editing a book about your wedding 15 years after the fact? It’s humbling. It’s embarrassing. It makes you realize how much you’ve changed, and it makes you de…

08/13/2019

Well, that's unexpected...

Squeal! 😲 The third edition of the Offbeat Bride book is available for preorder and the #1 new release its category on Amazon! 🎉🎉🎉 You can pre-order your copy at amzn.to/2TsqhZb

06/11/2019

Hey, Seattle: See you next week maybe??

As part of my Offbeat Ada's event series here in Seattle at Ada's Technical Books, I'm hosting an evening of discussion with two Seattle publishing industry colleagues to dig into.....

04/26/2019

I owe y'all an update about my next book, the recovery memoir that was called ONWARD, then Offbeat Resilience, then Sh*tshow After-Party and now (hopefully its final title!) "Sh*tshow to Afterglow: Putting Life Back Together When It All Falls Apart"

This isn’t the cover of the book, it’s just me playing with the most common book cover color these days (SO MUCH YELLOW) and a shape I like (hexagrams). I owe y’all an update abou…